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Autonomous vs. Anonymous

Autonomous and Anonymous Definitions

Autonomous

Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
An autonomous judiciary.
An autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.

Anonymous

Having an unknown or unacknowledged name
An anonymous author.

Autonomous

Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.

Anonymous

Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency
An anonymous letter.

Autonomous

Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.

Anonymous

Having no distinctive character or recognition factor
"They were carried over a bridge above an anonymous parade of shops" (Elizabeth Speller).
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Autonomous

Of or relating to a self-governing entity
An autonomous legislature.

Anonymous

(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.

Autonomous

Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs
An autonomous region of a country.

Anonymous

(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible
An anonymous pamphlet
An anonymous subscription
Anonymous author

Autonomous

Autonomic.

Anonymous

(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
An anonymous author
An anonymous benefactor
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
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Autonomous

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

Anonymous

Lacking individuality.
An anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate

Autonomous

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

Anonymous

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

Autonomous

Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Anonymous

Having no known name or identity or known source;
Anonymous authors
Anonymous donors
An anonymous gift
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Autonomous

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Anonymous

Not known or lacking marked individuality;
Brown anonymous houses
Anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service

Autonomous

Having independent existence or laws.

Autonomous

Of political bodies;
An autonomous judiciary
A sovereign state

Autonomous

Existing as an independent entity;
The partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies

Autonomous

Of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

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